THE ANT-T.IKE PF-OWEK P.KETEES. 1:?27 



/.f ro///( .- "SyiKipscs ol' llic (iciicr.-i Ell rihji lints, SI ( n ojnil pus, 



Mdiriil lin. ('(irplnira and X jihijihil us." hi l*r(ic. IMiil. Acad. 



Xal. Sci.. \'l|, isr)5, 270-27(1. 

 lloni. — "Hynopsis of the Species of the Corphnrn ol' llie I'. S.," 



/// Trans. Ainer. Hnt. Soe., TTI. 1S71. 27S-2S:?; \'. 1S74, 40- 



48; X. 1883, 305-;no. 

 Li ('mill. — "'l'al)le ot" the Sjie.eies ot" Xylophiliis." in Trans. 



Ahum-. Phil. Soe.. XVIT, 1878, 425-426. 

 //o/'».- -"Sy]io])sis of the V. S. Species of Xnlo.rus and Majiiio- 



hirsiis." ill 'I'raiis. Aiiiei'. Ellt. Soe., X I, 1SS4. KJ.") 17(). 

 r^/.sT //.--" Synopsis of the Anthicida' of the T. S.,'" in Ann. X. 



Y. Acad. Sci.. VI IT, 181)5. (524-80!). 

 The family is siihdivided hy (*asey into six li'ilx^s. live of which 

 arc I'epi'cscnied in the State. 



KEY TO 1MJIAN.\ TIUI5ES OK ANTIIiein.K. 



a. Ahdomon conii)ose<l of five free se^uuMits; tarsus (except in Mccijno- 



tiirsiis) with tlic iH'.xt to Inst .joinl lobed beiiicatli; tibial sjiuvs ,i;eii- 



crally distinct; lal)ial palpi luiiiute. 



h. .\eck wide; eyes lartrc. tiiicly faceted and ticiicraily cniari;cinatc ; si/.c 



larjrer. t>-15 nun. 



c. Tarsal claws sinijile or sli.i,ditly dilated .at base; tlioi-.-i.x constricted 



near niiex. 'Pribi^ T. Ki i;v(a:.MiM. ii. i:;i!7. 



cc. 'I'ai'sal claws witli a broad basal tooth on the iinier side at base. 



its .-iiiical part abrniitly bent; thorax not constricted ni'ar apex. 



'i'ribe 11. rKDU.iM. |i. i:!2i». 

 hit. Neck narrow; eyes not eniarginate; thorax constricted at ai)ex : 

 smaller, less than ."> mm. 

 (1. Eyes large, oval, rather finely granulate; basal segment of abdo- 

 men elongate: hind coxa' close together; tarsal i-laws with a 

 broad basal tooth. Tribe 111. Mackatkii.m. ]). I."!.".!'. 



(Id. E.yes small, rounded, generally coarsely granulated; basal segment 

 of abdomen not elongated; hind cox-a' somewhat distant; tarsal 

 claws simple. Tribe IW Anthicini. ]). l."..">.">. 



(III. Alxhunen composed of four free segments, the lirst or basal one formed 

 of two flrmlj^ united but with the suture sometimes evident; tarsi 

 with the second .ioint from last lobed beneath; tibial spurs obsolete; 

 labial jialpi with the l.-ist joint large ;ind more or less dilated. 



Tribe A'. X vi.opuii.i.m. p. l.M.".. 



Tribe I. ErKV(;i:.\I IM. 



Eh)no-ate l)eetles. clothed with m'a\ jtuhescence and havin"' the 

 mandibles ])roadly trnncate at tip; maxillary palpi dilated; next to 

 last joint of all the tarsi 1)iloI)ed. Eei)resentatives of two of tlie five 

 genera occur in the State. 



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